From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,1479b753518e2325 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: aidan@skinner.demon.co.uk (Aidan Skinner) Subject: Re: how to make Ada more popular? Date: 1999/01/22 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 435821296 X-NNTP-Posting-Host: skinner.demon.co.uk:158.152.76.219 References: <787hk5$q6t@drn.newsguy.com> X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 917050045 nnrp-02:8062 NO-IDENT skinner.demon.co.uk:158.152.76.219 Organization: skinner.demon.co.uk Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-01-22T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: On 21 Jan 1999 07:37:41 -0800, bill_1@nospam.com wrote: >What can be done to improve the situation? I think the main problem is a lack of information, and a lack of easy-to-use high level librarys for things like reg-exps. >We hear allot about how great Ada is, and it it is. But there is little >GPL'ed applications in Ada that is large and known. other than GNAT, what >else is there? I'm working (when I have the time) on Anubis, which is intended to be used for news group moderation. I've also got a set of librarys in development with data structures, encryption and tcp/ip objects/procedures in them. neither is complete and both are suffering from a lack of free time. >I think the reason will be to help make Ada more popular in the commerical >sector, that would be the main reason. A better thing would be an http front end with a well defined back end that you could plug your app into. basically a cgi wrap-esque thing. - Aidan -- You know it's time to stop playing Quake2 when KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL http://www.skinner.demon.co.uk/aidan/ http://www.gla.ac.uk/Clubs/WebSoc/~9704075s/